Specifically, the company has it will remove the keyboard from the App Store starting from October 5. Most users probably knew this day was coming considering SwiftKey has been an example of abandonware for over a year. A Microsoft spokesperson spoke to ZDNet and confirmed that the company will delist the app soon. However, the that same official says that the current versions of the app will continue to work on iPhone and iPad hardware: “As of October 5, support for SwiftKey iOS will end and it will be delisted from the Apple App Store. Microsoft will continue support for SwiftKey Android as well as the underlying technology that powers the Windows touch keyboard. For those customers who have SwiftKey installed on iOS, it will continue to work until it is manually uninstalled or a user gets a new device. Please visit Support.SwiftKey.com for more information.”
No Reason
This statement is backed up on the official SwiftKey website. It provides a specific cutoff date, saying Microsoft will remove the app officially on October 5, 2022. Microsoft does not say why it is removing the keyboard. It is likely SwiftKey is not as popular on iOS as it is on Android. Most Android OEMs have frankly awful native keyboards. Users are quick to change to a third-party alternative such as SwiftKey. Over on iOS, the stock keyboard is generally better. Of course, the removal may also be due to Microsoft’s dislike of Apple’s restrictions. Tip of the day: After years of hefting a laptop around, you inevitably build up a menagerie of Wi-Fi networks. For the most part, they’ll sit on your PC, hardly used, but at times a change in configuration can make it difficult to connect to a network your computer already remembers. At this point, it can be beneficial to make Windows forget a Wi-Fi network and delete its network profile.
